Combine a Grand Canyon helicopter flight with a river raft float or kayak trip on the Colorado River for an incredible and exciting day tour from Las Vegas! Enjoy a scenic 90-minute (round-trip) helicopter flight over Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon's West Rim. You'll also take part in either a relaxing river float down the Colorado River or a kayak tour through Black Canyon with an informative guide. Return transportation to your Las Vegas hotel is included. Please note: The order in which you do the activities may differ.
Posted By : Peter_G
Breathtaking experience of the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and Colorado river. An early clear morning hotel pickup and straight to the airport for a flight out over the desert, over the Hoover Dam then on to the Grand Canyon. The flight went down into the canyon flying under the rim with spectacular views of the cliffs, gullies and formations. Ray, our pilot, was giving a great commentary of what we were seeing adding to the excellent experience. Going up the canyon, doing a full turn so we could see the light and shadows from different angles in the canyon adding to the spectacle. Then we were flying back out across Lake Mead seeing the spectacular scenery of the desert all around in the early morning sun and Las Vegas in the distance. The flight lasted about 90 minutes with a flight over/down The Strip before landing back at the airport.
We were then taken by coach down to the Hoover Dam Lodge to pick up the rafting trip for the rest of the day. After a quick pitstop to use the facilities (the trip lasts about 3.5 hours before the next available toilet!) we were off to the base of the dam to board the raft. The raft is big has plenty of seating, a hard floor and an engine so this is a sit back, listen to the skipper (Matt in our case, 5*) for all the details of the trip and relax. The trip was about 14 miles starting at the base of the dam, with a stop on a beach to eat the lunch provided and another stop to get up close with a 'small' side canyon. Finishing at Willow Beach Marina (toilets here!). Another bus ride back to Vegas for a rest! All the staff and guides were amazing, courteous and friendly. Recommended!
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Posted On : 2023-11-14 10:49:34 
Posted By : 172joek
Delighted we chose to do this. The whole day was amazing from start to finish from the hotel pick up to drop off. Everyone was so polite and great fun. The helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon was incredible and the view are out of this world. Delighted we spent extra to see it from the air instead of a coach trip. To fully appreciate the canyon it’s gotta be from the air and it’s gotta be 5 Star Helicopter Tours. The kayaking with Blazing Paddles was also incredible, our guide Melissa was outta this world, full of information and put everyone as ease. The views on the Colorado river are brilliant and the kayaking is easy and we were lucky we had a really fun group too. Then great food served on the trip back to Vegas and dropped to our hotel. This tour and these people rock.
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Posted On : 2023-10-10 17:02:22 
Posted By : Bjorn_K
The helicopter flight was crammed. I paid $1100 AUD and was expecting a helicopter with just 2 passengers but there were 6 of us crammed in like sardines. Great pilot, great experience but uncomfortable and being crammed in the middle of the chopper views were hard. I thought they would do more turns etc so everyone got a great view. Don’t get me wrong it was still amazing but a 7/10 at best and the emerald cave is simply a cut out in the rock, not what I would class as a cave. I believe at $600 AUD it would be value
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Posted On : 2023-10-02 21:09:06
Posted By : Jane
Sarah was a great guide and very knowledgable, the raft was comfortable and spacious, the scenery stunning and to see the Hoover Dam so close was a memorable experience
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Posted On : 2023-09-26 09:50:12
Posted By : John_S
The helicopter ride was out of this world. The pilot was very informative. Felt safe at all times, just amazing from start to finish.
The same is to be said for the raft on the Colorado river, would highly recommend
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Posted On : 2023-08-25 12:43:22
Posted By : Michelle_R
We had a great time everyone that we incounter was very knowledgeable and nice.. would do it again. Fun & beautiful
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Posted On : 2023-08-24 21:22:53
Posted By : Michelle_G
As birthday treats go this was an awesome one. What an experience flying over Las Vegas, The Hover Dam and the gran canyon. Breath taking views and an excellent pilot with lots of knowledge about the area. This then was only topped off with a tour on the Colorado River with Bob who was funny and again a great guide.
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Posted On : 2023-08-12 09:24:02
Posted By : Sandra_S
The helicopter experience with Captain Mad Dog was exceptional, his knowledge and the views were outstanding.
Steve the driver to and from the venues was brilliant. He put everyone at ease. Lunch was delicious!
The kayak experience was fabulous, however, we are complete novices and was very nervous and at times found ourselves at the back completely on our own whilst both guides were at the front. We felt one guide should have stayed at the back to ensure everyone’s safety.
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Posted On : 2023-08-02 01:16:05
Posted By : saluja_g
great service, punctual, great tour guide, explains everything with enthusiasm..just an amazing experience.
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Posted On : 2023-07-16 14:59:49
Posted By : cohnmadeline
This was a really fun day! We chose the Kayak option.
Pickup/drop off: Pickup from our hotel was at 5:55am, then we had a few more pickups at other locations and then a very short drive to the airport. You get checked in and store your belongings in a locker at the offices for the helicopter tour. You can get them back after the copter for the second half of the day. We were dropped off back at our hotel by 3:30pm after everything wrapped up.
Helicopter tour: This was fantastic! They put 6 people in the copter, 4 in the back and 2 up front next to the pilot. We were lucky to be up front so we had a great view! It’s a 90 minute round trip flight. Our pilot was good and gave us factoids as we flew. Honestly, the views were enough to keep us occupied for hours.
Kayaking: The kayaking was fun. It’s about a 3 hour total kayak experience (4 miles) with a short walk/hike in the middle for some great views/photos. You can choose a single or tandem kayak. The only let down was that we didn’t go at the correct time of day for the Emerald Cove to be glowing like we expected/was advertised. We also had to wait in line for quite a bit to get into the non-emerald cove. It was still a nice experience, but wasn’t what we were expecting. The Colorado River was still a gorgeous blue green though. The kayaking guides had snacks and water available throughout the trip. A boxed lunch that you choose from several options in the morning was also provided after the kayak tour finished. I’m not sure if the boat option got a full lunch or just snacks.
Overall, definitely worth the money. If you have an option to go later in the day, try that as you may get lucky with the Cove!
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Posted On : 2023-04-13 17:43:19
